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Scandalous $10 Million Bat Mitzvah (David Brooks of DHB Industries Arrested for Embezzling...)
ABC News ^ | Oct. 27, 2007 | ABC News

Posted on 10/28/2007 2:49:08 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

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lol

At first, I thought it was the David Brooks who writes as an op-ed columnist for the New York Times.

1 posted on 10/28/2007 2:49:12 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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NYT’s David Brooks...

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/davidbrooks/index.html


2 posted on 10/28/2007 2:49:58 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER
If convicted, Brooks could spend rest of his life in jail.

I'll believe that when I see it.

3 posted on 10/28/2007 2:54:36 PM PDT by csvset
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“This is another form of corporate irresponsibility, of where corporate officers knowingly ship defective products in order to boost the revenue of the company to benefit themselves financially,” shareholders’ attorney Bill Lerach told ABC’s Brian Ross in 2002.”

How ironic to have Bill Lerach talking about corporate irresponsiblity. He too is headed to federal prison for his ginned up lawsuits.


4 posted on 10/28/2007 2:54:56 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

Nothing funny about this. This guy sold body armor (”Interceptor”—sound familiar?) to my Marines that had not passed the tests he certified it had. He’s a war profiteer and should rot in prison.

TC


5 posted on 10/28/2007 2:55:03 PM PDT by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck

No.

I’m not laughing about that.

Of course this is deadly serious.

I was just laughing at my case of mistaken identity regarding the two David Brooks...


6 posted on 10/28/2007 2:56:53 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER
I find much more scandalous that he sold defective body armor to the U.S. military for soldiers and local police than spending 10 million on a bat mitzvah

Must be my priorities are out of whack < / s >

7 posted on 10/28/2007 2:58:12 PM PDT by Popman
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To: DogByte6RER

We need to make an example of him. Throw away the key.


8 posted on 10/28/2007 2:58:51 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy (Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
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To: csvset
If convicted he was like you and me, Brooks could spend rest of his life in jail.

There, fixed it.

9 posted on 10/28/2007 3:03:03 PM PDT by rvoitier
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To: csvset
If convicted he was like you and me, Brooks could would spend rest of his life in jail.

There, fixed it.

10 posted on 10/28/2007 3:04:27 PM PDT by rvoitier
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11 posted on 10/28/2007 3:06:30 PM PDT by trumandogz (Hunter Thompson 2008)
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Must be a friend of the Clintons.


12 posted on 10/28/2007 3:17:57 PM PDT by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: DogByte6RER
Well, we wouldn't want little Elizabeth to think that her bat mitzvah was a religious ceremony or anything. I mean, we wouldn't want her to think that it was a celebration of her taking on adult religious responsibility. I'm sure that by spending that much money, David Brooks managed to eradicate any kind of solemnity that might have misled his daughter into taking her religion seriously.
13 posted on 10/28/2007 3:19:49 PM PDT by American Quilter (The urge to save humanity is nearly always a cover for the urge to rule. - H. L. Mencken)
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Thanks for posting this! I hope they barbeque his ass!


14 posted on 10/28/2007 3:21:02 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck

Rot in prison?
That’s good enough for me, as long as it’s Abu Ghraib.


15 posted on 10/28/2007 3:22:04 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: DogByte6RER
Like the guy from Tyco who spend several million of company money for his wife’s birthday party, hiring Jimmy Buffet to play music, etc.

Send this guy straight to the gray-bar hotel for a long stay...

16 posted on 10/28/2007 3:23:11 PM PDT by tips up
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To: DogByte6RER
In 2004, DHB Industries was awarded a $200 million contract to provide body armor to the U.S. military for soldiers fighting on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It'd be interesting to find out who DHB Industries' biggest supporters were.

17 posted on 10/28/2007 3:24:12 PM PDT by dbwz (kthxbai)
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck
Nothing funny about this. This guy sold body armor (”Interceptor”—sound familiar?) to my Marines that had not passed the tests he certified it had. He’s a war profiteer and should rot in prison.

Amen. As long as our troops and their families are making the ultimate sacrifice, NONE of these contractors should be making profits - salaries and costs only.

18 posted on 10/28/2007 3:33:49 PM PDT by blade_tenner
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To: blade_tenner
As long as our troops and their families are making the ultimate sacrifice, NONE of these contractors should be making profits - salaries and costs only.

You tell em comrade! From each according to his ability, to each according to his need!

Don't forget the investors, we'll need to lay down the law and make sure individuals and firms who back these manufacturers don't get any returns on their investments.

19 posted on 10/28/2007 3:45:16 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (Take the wheel, Fred.)
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blade,
Nothing wrong with making a FAIR profit for responding to emergency needs. Smells like his profits were beyond fair, for a defective product. And then he had the Chutzpah to make a public spectacle over how “My product is superior to the existing” and he lied to back that up.

Tet68 (Were you there too, Tet?) has it right. The new rehabilitated Abu Graihb is too good for him. Is Alcatraz still available?

TC


20 posted on 10/28/2007 3:46:35 PM PDT by Pentagon Leatherneck
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